The chains of habits are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken
Habits are a central part of daily lives — be the architect of them rather than the victim
Framework of habits:
Behaviors that aren't rewarded do not become habits
When your environment changes your behaviors change
We tend to follow the path of least resistance — how do we make good habits easier and bad habits harder?
Make habits obvious, attractive, obvious and satisfying
Focus is the art of knowing what to ignore
You should often ask yourself “what is essential?”
Experiment and refine
We are creatures of imitation, this is usually a safe strategy but it gets us into trouble. The great quest is to figure out when to imitate and when to question
Imitating processes does not necessarily lead to the same outcomes
Questions over advice —> advice is brittle, very sensitive to circumstances. Questions are anti fragile
Ask yourself questions: